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Article #315Re: Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 - Not recommended
From: Jeff Liebermann
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:14
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:14
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On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:10:00 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote: >Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote in >news:2gd246h1dm904pbp9mm4a6hse2hk6hqfmp@4ax.com: > >> I was playing with an iPhone 4 tonite at the local AT&T Wireless >> store. No rubber bumper installed. Stock iOS 4.0 with 5 bars. Touch >> the gap and nothing happens. Huh? I expect some change. So, I asked >> if they had a cellular repeater or nano-cellular radio in the store. >> Yep, just behind the counter. There was so much RF that no amount of >> touching the antenna was going to have an effect. >> > >Wow! It's a wonder you didn't get roasted alive with all that dangerous >RF! Naw. After 40+ years of working with RF, I'm immune. >Verizon had a mall store, here. Right over the middle of the sales floor, >they had a "cheater repeater" that even the cheap phones always had full >scale signals inside the store. The mall, itself, had poor coverage as the >nearest tower was about 2.2 miles away. It has a tower almost in the >parking lot since the Alltel aquisition, now. This mall has a similar arrangement. <http://www.shopcapitolamall.com/map.asp> Coverage inside would suck without the repeaters. There are kiosks and stores for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and one independent dealer. Each has a repeater of some form, such as: <http://www.wi-ex.com> <http://www.wilsoncellular.us/cellular-amplifiersrepeaters-building-amplifiers-c-2_113.html> etc... In addition, the mall has at least 5 of them (that I've found) scattered in the ceiling in various corners. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
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